Māori Sports and Cultural Association

Lest we forget ❤️

❤️Respect

❤️❤️ Thank you to all our Taane and Wahine who have their yesterday for our today ❤️❤️

From our whanau to yours ❤️

❤️ President, NSW Pasifika ❤️

Last but not least our U16 Tama team. Another bunch of talented young rugby players but as well also fine young men. Having a core group of boys return from last year, along with new players joining this year it set the scene for some outstanding rugby. From the ☔️ all day Saturday to te🌞🥵 Sunday, it didn’t faze them one bit. Well done boys ❤️🤍🖤
Thank you to all our whanau involved for all your time and commitment, it’s really appreciated 🙏🏾

Photo credit: Scarred Lens

Good luck to our 2x U16 Tama players from the right - Lucas Harding and Henare Reti, who will be playing today representing NSW Māori in the U16’s Pacifica Yoth All Stars team. They will be playing the U16’s Australia team at the AIS in Canberra.

Kia ora whanau,

Our u16 Pacifica boys rugby union team are today taking on the Australia u16s here in Canberra.

This is HUGE as these boys were chosen from our recent Pacifica tournament that took place 2 weeks ago in Whalan, and they’re privileged to be coached by former greats of the game - Mark Gerard, Fotu Auelua to name a few ✊🏽

The game is at 1.30pm and is being live-streamed as follows:

Here you go
Double Take Sports will be capturing and commentating the match.

Link for Live Stream is
On the Rugby Xplorer app - click “video” at the bottom of the app (note – only live matches are visible here)
· Rugby.com.au - https://www.rugby.com.au/videos

There should be a live tile available to click on around 5-10mins before the start of the match, with coverage starting / on air from 13:30pm previewing team lists and showing run ons.

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❤️🤍🖤🩷 U16 Kotiro 🩷🖤🤍❤️

If there was one team that stood out to me this year it was our U16 Kotiro. This age group was riddled with injuries but this opened up opportunities for other Kotiro to put their hand up.
No one can doubt the effort, energy but most importantly the 🩷 these Kotiro had over the weekend.
Thank you to our whanau for your time and commitment it really is appreciated 🙏🏾

❤️🤍🖤💙 U14 TAMA 💙🖤🤍❤️

We couldn’t be prouder of our U14 Tama. With only a couple of players that participated in last year’s Pacifica Youth Rugby Cup, this fine group of tama come together from many different parts of NSW and produced some quality rugby.
With Pacifica Youth Rugby Cup being the vehicle that brings us together, many of these tama performed their first ever haka, these are memories they can cherish forever.
Thank you to all our whanau for the early morning trainings, your time and commitment 🙏🏾

Well done to our U15 Tama who made it to the Grand Final. It was a rematch of last years GF, halftime score was 0-0. Final score was 12-0 Samoa. It was a fantastic game and CONGRATULATIONS to the Samoan Coaching staff and to the boys 🏆

Apologies to SJRU and the Samoan team for not going directly to the tent for presentation - our U16 Kotiro were playing and our Tama wanted to Tautoko their haka.

Congratulations to our U14 Kotiro crowned the NSW 2023 Pacifica Youth Rugby Cup Champions 🏆

This talented bunch of girls went through the tournament undefeated. They met Barbarians in the Grand-final which they defeated 44-35.

Thank you to TeAroha and her coaching staff, players and parents for your time and commitment over the past few months.

🩷🤍🖤

Photo credit: Scarred Lens

Congratulations to Lucas Harding and Henare Reti for making the U16’s Pacifica All Stars 2023 team ❤️🤍🖤

Pasifika All Stars U16 Squad

Selected from the weekends tournament is the Pasifika All Stars U16 Squad that will play against the Australian U16 team in early Dec.

Congrats to each of these lads and Good Luck..

NSW Junior Rugby Union NSW Rugby NSW Samoa Junior Rugby Union NSW Fijian Juniors Inc. NSW Māori Teams - Pacifica Youth Rugby Cup NSW Tonga Sports Association Cook Islands Rugby Union NSW Koori Rugby

Morena e te Whanau, a beautiful taonga was found in the car park at Whalan on the weekend. If you have misplaced yours, please send us dm and we’ll be in contact 🙏🏾

Kia ora koutou.
On behalf of the coaching and management staff of the NSW U18 Tama Maori side, we would like to take the opportunity to express our gratitude to the players and the immense support from their respective whanau.
Despite the many challenges that come with these types of tournaments, our tane showed a lot of resilience and maturity to excel both on and off the field. Their attitudes and maturity when dealing with parents and officials alike were exemplary and a reflection their upbringing and the strong bond they built up with each other as a team
Recognition must also be given to our two captains, Nate Gallagher and Pryce Crane.

🩷 Kia Kaha, Kia Māia, Kia Manawanui 💙